Palestinians flee Gaza City under Israeli bombardment
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories -- Palestinian families streamed out of Gaza City on Sunday, some crammed into pick-up trucks, others...
Geostrategy
Israel army says 250,000 left Gaza City for their “safety” since stepping up operations
The United Nations estimated in late August that about one million Palestinians lived in and around Gaza's largest urban centre,...
Geostrategy
Geostrategy
Baghdad security chief fired after Iraqi cleric flees jail
Baghdad, Iraq -- Iraq's premier sacked Thursday a security chief in Baghdad, his office said in a statement, after a...
- Saad Qambash, once head of Iraq's Sunni Waqf, the state body overseeing religious and civilian properties for Sunni Muslims, was jailed for four years earlier this month for fraud.
- Prime Minister Mohamed Shia al-Sudani also ordered the closure of the detention facility in the capital's Green Zone from which the senior cleric fled on Tuesday night.
Geostrategy
US denounces ‘troubling escalation’ of opposition arrests in Tunisia
Condemning the arrests of political opponents in Tunisia, the US government on Wednesday said that respect for freedom of expression...
- More than 20 political critics and personalities have been arrested in the North African country since early February
- The country whose many citizens have been attempting to run to Europe is heavily indebted and facing high inflation and unemployment
Geostrategy
UN chief to host meeting on Afghanistan in Doha to seek ‘way forward’
Seeking a "durable way forward" for the war-scarred Afghanistan, the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is convening an international meeting in...
- In the wake of a ban on Afghan women working for the world body, the UN mission in Afghanistan has begun an assessment of its operations
- The Doha meeting announcement follows the UN estimate that the number of Afghans in poverty has nearly doubled to 34 million since the Taliban takeover
Geostrategy
Yemen stampede kills 85 at a charity distribution event
In one of the deadliest stampedes in a decade, more than 80 people died and hundreds were injured at a...
- The incident occured inside a school where aid was being distributed among hundreds of people gathered to receive handouts
- According to the UN, more than two-thirds of the population lives below the poverty line, including employees who have not been paid in years
Geostrategy
Syrian Kurds ready for talks with Damascus, sharing resources
"We affirm our readiness to meet and talk with the Syrian government and with all Syrian parties to hold discussions...
- President Bashar al-Assad rejects the Kurdish administration in parts of Syria and accuses it of "separatism".
- Several rounds of talks since 2018 between Damascus and the Kurds have failed to achieve any results.
Geostrategy
15 Tunisian migrants missing after Europe bound boat capsizes
Tunis, Tunisia - Fifteen Tunisian migrants are missing after their boat sank in the Mediterranean during an attempt to reach Europe,...
- The boat carrying 19 Tunisians sank Monday night, said a statement by Tunisia's National Guard, which oversees the coastguard.
- Four migrants were rescued by a fisherman after the boat sank, while the search for the remaining 15 continued Wednesday morning.
Geostrategy
Dozens of Iraqi policemen arrested after convict escapes custody
BAGHDAD, IRAQ - A former Iraqi religious official convicted of corruption has escaped police custody, prompting the arrest of more than...
- Saad Qambash was once head of Iraq's Sunni Waqf, and had been jailed for four years earlier this month for fraud.
- Investigating authorities had uncovered "documents" as evidence leading to the arrest of those involved.
Geostrategy
Millions of Indonesians travel home in annual Eid exodus
Jakarta, Indonesia -- On motorcycles, cars, buses, planes or by boat, millions of Indonesians are travelling to their hometowns in the...
- This year marks the first "mudik", as the annual exodus is known, since Covid-19 restrictions were removed at the end of 2022 in the world's most populous Muslim-majority country.
- Indonesia's transport ministry has predicted up to 123 million people will travel for Eid this year, up from 85 million estimated to have made the trip last year.
Geostrategy
India set to overtake China as world’s most populous country: UN
India's population will be 1.4286 billion compared to China's 1.4257 billion at mid-year, the United Nations Population Fund's State of...
- India has no recent official data on how many people it has because the census, due in 2021, was delayed due to coronavirus.
- Critics say the government is deliberately delaying the census to hide data on contentious issues such as unemployment ahead of national elections next year.
Geostrategy
Step aside US: China’s road to global leadership goes through Middle East
If China successfully mediates the Israel-Palestine peace talks, it will cement its status as a global peacemaker, a role that...
- Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang has expressed readiness to help facilitate peace talks between Israel and Palestine
- He made separate phone calls to Israeli and Palestinian foreign ministers, emphasizing China's push for peace talks
Most Read
Revenue from Saudi cinema may exceed $1bn by 2030KSA, UAE play well as e-gaming trends across GCCExclusive: Middle East’s retail sector rides on AR and hybrid shopping to become $600bn digital economyTECOM Group profit soars 13%UAE startups eye Saudi Arabia for growth, expansionSaudi Arabia leads GCC AI healthcare raceDisparity remains as Saudis, Emiratis see wealth gains
Palestinians flee Gaza City under Israeli bombardment
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories -- Palestinian families streamed out of Gaza City on Sunday, some crammed into pick-up trucks, others...
Geostrategy
Company News
Latest News
Israel prepares for Lebanon ground invasion as Netanyahu tells Iranians ‘change coming soon’
While Israeli defense minister indicates imminent ground invasion of Lebanon speaking to his country's troops, Prime Minister Netanyahu addresses Iranian...
Geostrategy
Israel targets Palestinian group in first strike on Beirut center
Israel hit a Beirut apartment block on Monday, killing three members of a Palestinian armed group in its first strike...
Geostrategy
Israel and Hezbollah: A complex history of decades-long conflict and tensions
Nicosia, Cyprus - Israel and Lebanon's Shiite Muslim movement Hezbollah, whose leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli air strike...
Geostrategy
Most Read
Geostrategy
How Israel killed Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah?
Israel has been planning for months to kill Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah in south Beirut. Reports say Israeli PM approved...
- Exploding devices, which Israel has not claimed, killed at least 39 people, wounded almost 3,000 and "threw Hezbollah's communications back to the stone age
- Senior officials say that "more than 80 bombs were dropped over a period of several minutes to kill" Hassan Nasrallah
Geostrategy
UN sends emergency food aid for one million Lebanese amid fresh Israeli attacks
The World Food Program says it had launched an emergency operation to provide meals for one million people affected by...
- Lebanon's health ministry said Israeli air strikes killed 21 people on Sunday in east Lebanon
- "During the intelligence-based strikes, the (air force) struck approximately 120 Hezbollah targets in southern Lebanon"
Trump launches into ‘dark speech’ on illegal immigration
Anti-immigrant sentiment has been at the core of Trump's appeal in economically depressed, majority-white parts of the country ever since...
- Trump was seeking to strike back at Harris after she visited the US-Mexico border on Friday and vowed to do more to control asylum claims
- The issue is one of the Democratic vice president’s weakest in polling, as she runs neck-and-neck against Trump in the November 5 election